Tag: Social Security in the Cross Hairs: How Large Are Benefits?
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Critics portray the system as providing generous benefits. The Wall Street Journal ran an op-ed recently by Andrew Biggs entitled “New Evidence on the Phony Retirement Crisis.” The thrust of Biggs’ argument is that the average guy gets a pretty high benefit from Social Security; couple those benefits with 401(k) saving and he w…